Arsenal supporter groups have joined together for the first time to voice protests against the club's 6.5 per cent rise in ticket prices.

Various groups urged the club to revise the across the board price rises on season tickets, as first revealed by MirrorFootball in March.

Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis has largely blamed the price rises on the escalating costs of transfers and contracts.

That is likely to include the renegotiation of French midfielder Samir Nasri's contract, as he is set to sign a new five-year deal.

But Arsenal Supporters' Trust spokesman Tim Payton, whose group will grill Gazidis at a Q&A session on June 13, says the club should have reviewed the decision and wants a promise from majority shareholder Stan Kroenke that the extra revenue will be spent on new signings.

Payton said: "The AST is very disappointed that Arsenal have rejected our call for ticket prices to be frozen, as we feel the decision will see loyal fans priced out of the Emirates.

"We are pleased that Ivan Gazidis has acknowledged that the cost of attending football matches is pricing fans out of the game and we welcome his commitment to a wholesale review in 2012-13.

"Now that this decision has been made, the AST would like guarantees that this money is invested in team strengthening. It would be shocking to see this money extracted from the club by Stan Kroenke.

"We believe that he should give further reassurances to fans ahead of the renewing of season tickets that this is the case."

All the Arsenal groups issued a joint statement which read:

"The undersigned Arsenal Supporters Groups have united for the first time to express their significant concern at the impact the increase in general admission and season ticket prices for season 2011-12 will have on loyal Arsenal fans.

"In what will be our 125th year anniversary season, the 6.5% increase will only act to marginalise the bedrock of Arsenal supporters from feeling they belong to the club. Arsenal has a proud history of custodianship and social inclusion and this is in danger of being eroded.

"This issue has united supporter opinion like no other and it is the first time that so many supporter groups at Arsenal have come together on one issue.

"All of the groups below call on the club's board to review this decision and take positive actions during the season to ensure that Arsenal's fans are treated as supporters and not just customers.

"We also welcome Ivan Gazidis' commitment to review the entire ticketing structure and believe that making tickets more affordable should be the number one objective of this exercise."